diff --git a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow.tsx b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow.tsx
index 5e7c938e..c5d987d4 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import NoteCreate from "../notes/NoteCreate.tsx"
 import { StopKeyboardContext, useStopKeyboard } from "./SourceShow_SourceComponent.ts"
 import { getUsage, useFocusTextWithKeyboard } from "./SourceShow_SourceNavComponent.ts"
 import { otherTranslationTexts, useChangeTermWithKeyboard } from "./SourceShow_TermsComponent.ts"
-import { useFocusTokenWithKeyboard } from "./SourceShow_TokensComponent.ts"
+import { SelectedToken, useFocusTokenWithKeyboard } from "./SourceShow_TokensComponent.ts"
 import {
   PartCreateForm,
   PartUpdateForm,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   SourceEditHeader,
   SourcePartDetailMenu,
 } from "./SourceShow_Update.tsx"
-import React, { useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react"
+import React, { SyntheticEvent, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react"
 import { useFetcher } from "react-router-dom"
 
 export interface ISourceShowData {
@@ -249,24 +249,38 @@ const SourceNavComponent: React.FC<{ readonly source: Source; readonly safeSet:
     [createNoteData, setStopKeyboardEvents],
   )
 
-  const [selectedToken, setSelectedToken] = useState<Token | null>(null)
+  const [selectedToken, setSelectedToken] = useState<SelectedToken | null>(null)
   const isTokenSelected = selectedToken !== null
-  const [partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex, focusElement, setText] = useFocusTextWithKeyboard(
+  const [partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex, setText] = useFocusTextWithKeyboard(
     source.parts,
     isTokenSelected,
     () =>
       setCreateNoteData(createNoteDataFromUsage(getUsage(source, partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex))),
     () => setSelectedToken(null),
   )
+  const setTextOnClick = (
+    e: SyntheticEvent<HTMLDivElement>,
+    textFocused: boolean,
+    partIndex: number,
+    textIndex: number,
+    // eslint-disable-next-line max-params
+  ) => {
+    if (textFocused) return
+    e.preventDefault()
+    setText(partIndex, textIndex)
+    setCustomToken(null)
+    setSelectedToken(null)
+  }
 
-  const textRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[][]>([])
-  useEffect(() => {
+  const [customToken, setCustomToken] = useState<SelectedToken | null>(null)
+  const onCustomToken = (token: SelectedToken | null) => {
+    setCustomToken(token)
     setSelectedToken(null)
-    const textElement = textRefs.current[partFocusIndex][textFocusIndex]
-    if (!textElement) return
-    focusElement(textElement)
-    scrollTo(textElement)
-  }, [focusElement, partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex])
+  }
+  const onTokenSearch = (token: SelectedToken) => {
+    setCustomToken(null)
+    setSelectedToken(token)
+  }
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -277,9 +291,7 @@ const SourceNavComponent: React.FC<{ readonly source: Source; readonly safeSet:
             setCreateNoteData(null)
             setSelectedToken(null)
           }}
-          onClose={() => {
-            setCreateNoteData(null)
-          }}
+          onClose={() => setCreateNoteData(null)}
         />
       )}
       <SourcePartsWrapper sourceId={source.id} parts={source.parts} safeSet={safeSet}>
@@ -287,13 +299,8 @@ const SourceNavComponent: React.FC<{ readonly source: Source; readonly safeSet:
           const textFocused = partIndex === partFocusIndex && textIndex === textFocusIndex
           return (
             <div
-              ref={(ref) => {
-                if (!textRefs.current[partIndex]) textRefs.current[partIndex] = []
-                textRefs.current[partIndex][textIndex] = ref
-              }}
-              tabIndex={-1}
               className={joinClasses(textFocused ? "py-4 bg-gray-std" : "", "group py-2")}
-              onClick={preventDefault(() => setText(partIndex, textIndex))}
+              onClick={(e) => setTextOnClick(e, textFocused, partIndex, textIndex)}
             >
               <div className={joinClasses(textClassBase, textFocused ? "text-light" : "")}>
                 {tokenizedText.text}
@@ -302,8 +309,8 @@ const SourceNavComponent: React.FC<{ readonly source: Source; readonly safeSet:
                 <TokensComponent
                   tokens={tokenizedText.tokens}
                   isTokenSelected={isTokenSelected}
-                  onTokenSelect={(tokenIndex) => setSelectedToken(tokenizedText.tokens[tokenIndex])}
-                  onTokenChange={(tokenElement) => focusElement(tokenElement)}
+                  onTokenSelect={setSelectedToken}
+                  onCustomToken={onCustomToken}
                 />
               ) : null}
               <div className={textFocused ? "text-2xl" : translationClassBase}>
@@ -322,6 +329,9 @@ const SourceNavComponent: React.FC<{ readonly source: Source; readonly safeSet:
                   }}
                 />
               ) : null}
+              {textFocused && customToken ? (
+                <SearchTokensComponent customToken={customToken} onTokenSearch={onTokenSearch} />
+              ) : null}
             </div>
           )
         }}
@@ -333,16 +343,21 @@ const SourceNavComponent: React.FC<{ readonly source: Source; readonly safeSet:
 const TokensComponent: React.FC<{
   readonly tokens: Token[]
   readonly isTokenSelected: boolean
-  readonly onTokenSelect: (tokenFocusIndex: number) => void
-  readonly onTokenChange: (tokenElement: HTMLDivElement) => void
-}> = ({ tokens, isTokenSelected, onTokenSelect, onTokenChange }) => {
-  const [tokenFocusIndex] = useFocusTokenWithKeyboard(tokens, isTokenSelected, onTokenSelect)
+  readonly onTokenSelect: (token: SelectedToken) => void
+  readonly onCustomToken: (token: SelectedToken | null) => void
+}> = ({ tokens, isTokenSelected, onTokenSelect, onCustomToken }) => {
+  const [tokenFocusIndex] = useFocusTokenWithKeyboard(
+    tokens,
+    isTokenSelected,
+    onTokenSelect,
+    onCustomToken,
+  )
 
   const tokenRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([])
   useEffect(() => {
     const element = tokenRefs.current[tokenFocusIndex]
-    if (element) onTokenChange(element)
-  }, [onTokenChange, tokenFocusIndex])
+    if (element) scrollTo(element)
+  }, [tokenFocusIndex])
 
   return (
     <div className="ko-sans text-4xl justify-center mb-2 child:py-2 flex">
@@ -376,6 +391,38 @@ const TokensComponent: React.FC<{
   )
 }
 
+const SearchTokensComponent: React.FC<{
+  readonly customToken: SelectedToken
+  readonly onTokenSearch: (token: SelectedToken) => void
+}> = ({ customToken, onTokenSearch }) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // keyboard trigger to show component adds a character, so timeout
+    const id = setTimeout(() => textRef.current?.focus(), 50)
+    return () => clearTimeout(id)
+  }, [])
+
+  const { setStopKeyboardEvents } = useContext(StopKeyboardContext)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setStopKeyboardEvents(true)
+    return () => setStopKeyboardEvents(false)
+  }, [setStopKeyboardEvents])
+
+  const textRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null)
+  return (
+    <form
+      className="mt-std space-x-basic"
+      onSubmit={preventDefault(() =>
+        onTokenSearch({ text: textRef.current?.value || "", partOfSpeech: "" }),
+      )}
+    >
+      <input ref={textRef} defaultValue={customToken.text} />
+      <button type="submit" className="btn-primary">
+        Submit
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  )
+}
+
 interface ITermsShowData {
   terms: Term[]
 }
@@ -383,7 +430,7 @@ interface ITermsShowData {
 const termsComponentClass = "grid-std text-left text-lg py-2 space-y-2"
 
 const TermsComponent: React.FC<{
-  readonly token: Token
+  readonly token: SelectedToken
   readonly onTermSelect: (term: Term) => void
 }> = ({ token, onTermSelect }) => {
   const fetcher = useFetcher<ITermsShowData>()
@@ -398,9 +445,6 @@ const TermsComponent: React.FC<{
     onTermSelect,
   )
 
-  const termRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([])
-  useEffect(() => termRefs.current[termFocusIndex]?.focus(), [terms, pageIndex, termFocusIndex])
-
   if (!fetcher.data) return <div className={termsComponentClass}>Loading...</div>
   return (
     <div className={termsComponentClass}>
@@ -411,9 +455,10 @@ const TermsComponent: React.FC<{
           {paginate(terms, maxPageSize, pageIndex).map((term, index) => (
             <div
               key={term.id}
-              ref={(ref) => (termRefs.current[index] = ref)}
-              tabIndex={-1}
-              className={joinClasses(index === termFocusIndex ? "underline" : "", "py-1")}
+              className={joinClasses(
+                index === termFocusIndex ? "underline focus-ring" : "",
+                "py-1",
+              )}
             >
               <div className="text-xl">
                 <span className="font-bold">{term.text}</span>&nbsp;
diff --git a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_SourceNavComponent.ts b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_SourceNavComponent.ts
index a218070f..cde94295 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_SourceNavComponent.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_SourceNavComponent.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ export function useFocusTextWithKeyboard(
   isTokenSelected: boolean,
   onCreateTextNote: () => void,
   onEscape: () => void,
-): readonly [
-  number,
-  number,
-  (element: HTMLElement) => void,
-  (partFocusIndex: number, textFocusIndex: number) => void,
-] {
-  const [focusElement, focusLastElement] = useFocusElement()
+): readonly [number, number, (partFocusIndex: number, textFocusIndex: number) => void] {
   const [partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex, decrementText, incrementText, setText] =
     useChangeFocus(parts)
 
@@ -28,9 +22,9 @@ export function useFocusTextWithKeyboard(
       switch (e.code) {
         case "Escape":
           if (!isTokenSelected) return
-          focusLastElement()
           onEscape()
-          break
+          e.preventDefault()
+          return
         default:
       }
 
@@ -54,17 +48,9 @@ export function useFocusTextWithKeyboard(
 
       e.preventDefault()
     },
-    [
-      stopKeyboardEvents,
-      isTokenSelected,
-      focusLastElement,
-      onEscape,
-      decrementText,
-      incrementText,
-      onCreateTextNote,
-    ],
+    [stopKeyboardEvents, isTokenSelected, onEscape, decrementText, incrementText, onCreateTextNote],
   )
-  return [partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex, focusElement, setText] as const
+  return [partFocusIndex, textFocusIndex, setText] as const
 }
 
 export function getUsage(source: Source, partFocusIndex: number, textFocusIndex: number) {
@@ -78,16 +64,6 @@ export function getUsage(source: Source, partFocusIndex: number, textFocusIndex:
   }
 }
 
-function useFocusElement(): readonly [(element: HTMLElement) => void, () => void] {
-  const [lastFocusedElement, setLastFocusedElement] = useState<HTMLElement | null>(null)
-  const focusElement = useCallback((element: HTMLElement) => {
-    setLastFocusedElement(element)
-    element.focus()
-  }, [])
-
-  return [focusElement, () => lastFocusedElement?.focus()] as const
-}
-
 function useChangeFocus(
   parts: SourcePart[],
 ): readonly [
diff --git a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TermsComponent.ts b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TermsComponent.ts
index 45fcc23a..170ed04a 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TermsComponent.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TermsComponent.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { pageSize, totalPages } from "../../utils/HtmlUtil.ts"
 import { useKeyDownEffect, useTimedState } from "../../utils/JSXUtil.ts"
 import { decrement, increment } from "../../utils/NumberUtil.ts"
 import { StopKeyboardContext } from "./SourceShow_SourceComponent.ts"
-import { useContext, useMemo, useState } from "react"
+import { useCallback, useContext, useMemo, useState } from "react"
 
 const maxPageSize = 5
 
@@ -17,39 +17,52 @@ export function useChangeTermWithKeyboard(
   const pagesLen = useMemo<number>(() => totalPages(terms, maxPageSize), [terms])
   const [shake, setShake] = useTimedState(100)
 
-  const { stopKeyboardEvents } = useContext(StopKeyboardContext)
-
-  useKeyDownEffect(
-    (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (stopKeyboardEvents) return
+  const changeTermFocusIndex = useCallback(
+    (e: KeyboardEvent, change: (index: number, length: number) => number) => {
       if (terms.length === 1) {
         setShake(true)
         e.preventDefault()
         return
       }
+      setTermFocusIndex(change(termFocusIndex, pageSize(terms.length, maxPageSize, pageIndex)))
+    },
+    [pageIndex, setShake, termFocusIndex, terms.length],
+  )
+  const changePage = useCallback(
+    (e: KeyboardEvent, change: (index: number, length: number) => number) => {
+      if (pagesLen === 1) {
+        setShake(true)
+        e.preventDefault()
+        return
+      }
+      setPageIndex(change(pageIndex, pagesLen))
+      setTermFocusIndex(0)
+    },
+    [pageIndex, pagesLen, setShake],
+  )
+
+  const { stopKeyboardEvents } = useContext(StopKeyboardContext)
+
+  useKeyDownEffect(
+    (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (stopKeyboardEvents) return
 
       switch (e.code) {
         case "ArrowUp":
         case "KeyW":
-          setTermFocusIndex(
-            decrement(termFocusIndex, pageSize(terms.length, maxPageSize, pageIndex)),
-          )
+          changeTermFocusIndex(e, decrement)
           break
         case "ArrowDown":
         case "KeyS":
-          setTermFocusIndex(
-            increment(termFocusIndex, pageSize(terms.length, maxPageSize, pageIndex)),
-          )
+          changeTermFocusIndex(e, increment)
           break
         case "ArrowLeft":
         case "KeyA":
-          setPageIndex(decrement(pageIndex, pagesLen))
-          setTermFocusIndex(0)
+          changePage(e, decrement)
           break
         case "ArrowRight":
         case "KeyD":
-          setPageIndex(increment(pageIndex, pagesLen))
-          setTermFocusIndex(0)
+          changePage(e, increment)
           break
         case "Enter":
         case "Space":
@@ -60,7 +73,7 @@ export function useChangeTermWithKeyboard(
       }
       e.preventDefault()
     },
-    [stopKeyboardEvents, termFocusIndex, terms, pageIndex, pagesLen, onTermSelect, setShake],
+    [changePage, changeTermFocusIndex, onTermSelect, stopKeyboardEvents, termFocusIndex, terms],
   )
   return [termFocusIndex, pageIndex, pagesLen, maxPageSize, shake] as const
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TokensComponent.ts b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TokensComponent.ts
index d3ac90a8..be36f8da 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TokensComponent.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/sources/SourceShow_TokensComponent.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ import { decrement, increment } from "../../utils/NumberUtil.ts"
 import { StopKeyboardContext } from "./SourceShow_SourceComponent.ts"
 import { useContext, useMemo, useState } from "react"
 
+export interface SelectedToken {
+  text: string
+  partOfSpeech: string
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line max-params
 export function useFocusTokenWithKeyboard(
   tokens: Token[],
   isTokenSelected: boolean,
-  onTokenSelect: (tokenFocusIndex: number) => void,
+  onTokenSelect: (token: SelectedToken) => void,
+  onCustomToken: (token: SelectedToken | null) => void,
 ): readonly [number] {
   const [tokenFocusIndex, setTokenFocusIndex] = useState<number>(0)
   const isAllPunct = useMemo<boolean>(
@@ -18,7 +25,25 @@ export function useFocusTokenWithKeyboard(
   const { stopKeyboardEvents } = useContext(StopKeyboardContext)
   useKeyDownEffect(
     (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (stopKeyboardEvents || isTokenSelected || isAllPunct) return
+      switch (e.code) {
+        case "Escape":
+          onCustomToken(null)
+          e.preventDefault()
+          return
+        default:
+      }
+
+      if (stopKeyboardEvents) return
+
+      switch (e.code) {
+        case "KeyC":
+          onCustomToken(tokens[tokenFocusIndex])
+          e.preventDefault()
+          return
+        default:
+      }
+
+      if (isTokenSelected || isAllPunct) return
 
       switch (e.code) {
         case "ArrowLeft":
@@ -31,7 +56,7 @@ export function useFocusTokenWithKeyboard(
           break
         case "Enter":
         case "Space":
-          onTokenSelect(tokenFocusIndex)
+          onTokenSelect(tokens[tokenFocusIndex])
           break
         default:
           return
@@ -39,7 +64,15 @@ export function useFocusTokenWithKeyboard(
 
       e.preventDefault()
     },
-    [stopKeyboardEvents, isTokenSelected, isAllPunct, tokens, tokenFocusIndex, onTokenSelect],
+    [
+      stopKeyboardEvents,
+      isTokenSelected,
+      isAllPunct,
+      tokens,
+      tokenFocusIndex,
+      onTokenSelect,
+      onCustomToken,
+    ],
   )
   return [tokenFocusIndex] as const
 }